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India’s former President, Pranab Mukherjee dies weeks after surgery

NEW DELHI — Pranab Mukherjee, the elder statesman of Indian politics, has died at the age of 84. The former President of India, who...

COVID-19 claims seven more lives, J&K toll 697

SRINAGAR — Seven persons died due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the fatality count to 697.Official sources...

786 new cases take J&K’s COVID-19 tally past 37k

SRINAGAR — 85 travelers were among 786 new novel coronavirus cases, taking the overall tally in Jammu and Kashmir past 37,000.Official sources said that...

COVID-19 claims seven more lives, J&K toll 690

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported seven more deaths attributed to COVID-19 since overnight, taking the fatality count to 690, officials sources said on...

J&K reports 546 new COVID-19 cases

SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir reported 546 new cases of novel coronavirus including 88 travellers, taking the overall case tally to 36,377.Official sources...

COVID-19: Conditional ‘home isolation’ of asymptomatic patients allowed in J&K

SRINAGAR — Administration on Friday directed for the revision of protocol visa-a-vis management of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients with no comorbidity and vulnerability, presently being...

COVID-19 claims eight more lives, J&K toll 683

SRINAGAR — Eight more died due to COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir since overnight, official sources said on Friday.They said that all the fatalities...

School Education Department mulls to hold T2 Exams

SRINAGAR — The School Education department has directed the concerned officers to gear-up for the Term-II examinations of the elementary and high school students.Top...

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Properties damaged as cloudburst hits Chhatroo area in Kishtwar

Damage was reported to two houses and two shops after a cloudburst triggered flash flood-like conditions in the Chhatroo area of Kishtwar district.

₹3.11 Crore Embezzlement: Crime Branch chargesheets two in Baramulla bank fraud

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of the Crime Branch, Jammu and Kashmir, has filed a chargesheet in a decade-old bank fraud case.

31 Amarnath pilgrims injured as bus plunges into gorge in Ganderbal

Thirty-one Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured after a bus carrying them overturned and rolled into a gorge at the S-Mode stretch in central Kashmir's Ganderbal.

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India’s E20 Ethanol Mandate: Progress, Pitfalls and Public Backlash

India’s ambitious push toward a 20% ethanol-blended fuel, known as E20, is facing significant backlash from vehicle owners and environmentalists.

When a Black Hole Whispers to the World’s Thinnest Material

A black hole and a sheet of graphene seem to belong to completely different worlds. Yet modern physics has taught us a lesson: nature is often more connected than it appears.